Fertility & birth rates in Saudi Arabia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Saudi Arabia was 2.28 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saudi Arabia vs Sierra Leone population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saudi Arabia	Sierra Leone
1960	7.63	6.18
1961	7.63	6.21
1962	7.64	6.22
1963	7.65	6.26
1964	7.67	6.29
1965	7.66	6.31
1966	7.66	6.35
1967	7.66	6.38
1968	7.63	6.39
1969	7.6	6.39
1970	7.58	6.41
1971	7.56	6.43
1972	7.54	6.45
1973	7.48	6.47
1974	7.43	6.53
1975	7.37	6.55
1976	7.33	6.55
1977	7.3	6.57
1978	7.26	6.59
1979	7.23	6.58
1980	7.15	6.56
1981	7.07	6.55
1982	6.98	6.56
1983	6.88	6.57
1984	6.78	6.59
1985	6.65	6.59
1986	6.52	6.6
1987	6.34	6.61
1988	6.15	6.59
1989	5.98	6.57
1990	5.8	6.57
1991	5.64	6.55
1992	5.49	6.56
1993	5.33	6.57
1994	5.16	6.56
1995	4.99	6.56
1996	4.81	6.55
1997	4.66	6.53
1998	4.52	6.5
1999	4.35	6.42
2000	4.21	6.36
2001	3.96	6.31
2002	3.71	6.23
2003	3.47	6.09
2004	3.26	5.92
2005	3.16	5.81
2006	3.18	5.74
2007	3.19	5.64
2008	3.07	5.56
2009	2.95	5.45
2010	2.81	5.33
2011	2.8	5.21
2012	2.78	5.06
2013	2.67	4.87
2014	2.68	4.7
2015	2.63	4.55
2016	2.65	4.47
2017	2.67	4.39
2018	2.67	4.29
2019	2.49	4.19
2020	2.27	4.08
2021	2.17	3.98
2022	2.14	3.88
2023	2.28	3.79
2024	2.31	3.7
2025	2.29	3.61
2026	2.27	3.53
2027	2.25	3.47
2028	2.22	3.37
2029	2.2	3.3
2030	2.17	3.23
2031	2.15	3.18
2032	2.13	3.12
2033	2.11	3.07
2034	2.09	3.02
2035	2.07	2.97
2036	2.05	2.92
2037	2.03	2.88
2038	2.01	2.84
2039	1.99	2.79
2040	1.98	2.76
2041	1.97	2.72
2042	1.95	2.68
2043	1.94	2.65
2044	1.93	2.62
2045	1.92	2.58
2046	1.91	2.55
2047	1.9	2.53
2048	1.89	2.5
2049	1.88	2.47
2050	1.87	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Sierra Leone
1960	43.4%	38.2%
1961	43.6%	38.3%
1962	43.9%	38.3%
1963	44.3%	38.5%
1964	44.6%	38.8%
1965	44.8%	39.1%
1966	45.1%	39.4%
1967	45.3%	39.6%
1968	45.4%	39.9%
1969	45.5%	40.1%
1970	45.5%	40.3%
1971	45.5%	40.6%
1972	45.3%	40.7%
1973	45.2%	40.9%
1974	45%	41.1%
1975	44.8%	41.3%
1976	44.6%	41.4%
1977	44.5%	41.6%
1978	44.3%	41.7%
1979	44.2%	41.8%
1980	44.1%	41.9%
1981	43.9%	42%
1982	43.8%	42.1%
1983	43.7%	42.2%
1984	43.6%	42.3%
1985	43.6%	42.5%
1986	43.5%	42.6%
1987	43.4%	42.7%
1988	43.3%	42.8%
1989	43.2%	42.9%
1990	43%	42.9%
1991	42.7%	43%
1992	42.4%	43.1%
1993	42.1%	43.2%
1994	41.7%	43.3%
1995	41.2%	43.4%
1996	40.7%	43.5%
1997	40.1%	43.5%
1998	39.5%	43.6%
1999	38.9%	43.7%
2000	38.3%	43.8%
2001	37.7%	43.9%
2002	36.8%	43.9%
2003	35.7%	43.9%
2004	34.5%	43.9%
2005	33.2%	43.8%
2006	31.9%	43.7%
2007	30.6%	43.6%
2008	29.5%	43.5%
2009	28.5%	43.4%
2010	27.6%	43.2%
2011	26.9%	43%
2012	26.3%	42.8%
2013	25.8%	42.5%
2014	25.4%	42.2%
2015	25.1%	41.8%
2016	24.9%	41.4%
2017	25.2%	41%
2018	25.7%	40.6%
2019	25.8%	40.2%
2020	25.5%	39.8%
2021	25.2%	39.4%
2022	24.6%	39%
2023	24.1%	38.5%
2024	23.8%	38.1%
2025	23.6%	37.7%
2026	23.4%	37.2%
2027	23.3%	36.8%
2028	23.1%	36.3%
2029	22.9%	35.9%
2030	22.8%	35.5%
2031	22.6%	35.2%
2032	22.5%	34.8%
2033	22.4%	34.4%
2034	22.3%	34%
2035	22.2%	33.6%
2036	22.2%	33.2%
2037	22.1%	32.8%
2038	22%	32.4%
2039	21.9%	32%
2040	21.7%	31.6%
2041	21.5%	31.2%
2042	21.3%	30.9%
2043	21.2%	30.5%
2044	21%	30.2%
2045	20.8%	29.8%
2046	20.7%	29.5%
2047	20.5%	29.2%
2048	20.4%	28.8%
2049	20.2%	28.5%
2050	20.1%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.8% of the population in Saudi Arabia and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 43% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saudi Arabia and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Saudi Arabia vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.57% in Saudi Arabia and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Saudi Arabia	Sierra Leone
1960	74,143	38,192
1961	77,743	40,022
1962	81,393	41,603
1963	85,480	43,569
1964	89,776	45,487
1965	93,820	47,223
1966	98,361	49,486
1967	103,343	51,734
1968	108,281	53,126
1969	113,859	54,768
1970	120,440	56,513
1971	127,600	58,484
1972	136,360	60,279
1973	145,450	62,443
1974	155,478	65,357
1975	166,223	67,560
1976	178,024	69,506
1977	191,103	71,663
1978	205,331	74,130
1979	220,186	75,992
1980	234,372	77,932
1981	249,156	80,111
1982	264,831	82,457
1983	280,616	84,628
1984	296,615	87,072
1985	310,558	88,869
1986	322,340	90,902
1987	333,088	94,235
1988	342,865	96,344
1989	349,399	98,298
1990	355,495	100,778
1991	361,329	105,477
1992	366,763	103,251
1993	372,621	103,317
1994	377,351	101,486
1995	380,231	100,885
1996	382,248	104,140
1997	385,033	105,433
1998	389,499	103,906
1999	390,112	102,295
2000	392,407	110,754
2001	382,153	116,647
2002	372,099	126,429
2003	364,520	130,312
2004	362,843	132,661
2005	375,938	137,234
2006	399,333	144,127
2007	425,199	145,740
2008	433,457	149,855
2009	438,557	152,669
2010	418,641	155,338
2011	443,675	158,858
2012	465,649	160,915
2013	475,299	161,265
2014	493,431	160,137
2015	511,023	162,275
2016	537,829	168,784
2017	546,751	173,259
2018	528,767	178,772
2019	474,407	181,068
2020	447,036	181,015
2021	409,032	183,326
2022	406,920	186,625
2023	474,366	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Saudi Arabia vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saudi Arabia, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saudi Arabia	Sierra Leone
1985	40	1,506
1986	38	1,530
1987	36	1,533
1988	34	1,549
1989	32	1,575
1990	30	1,572
1991	29	1,699
1992	27	1,681
1993	26	1,696
1994	25	1,755
1995	24	1,777
1996	23	1,726
1997	23	1,721
1998	22	1,753
1999	21	1,731
2000	20	1,603
2001	19	1,518
2002	18	1,492
2003	16	1,433
2004	16	1,366
2005	15	1,294
2006	14	1,168
2007	13	1,132
2008	12	1,093
2009	11	1,054
2010	11	1,018
2011	10	967
2012	9	915
2013	9	842
2014	8	821
2015	8	730
2016	8	633
2017	8	578
2018	8	491
2019	8	464
2020	11	422
2021	12	403
2022	9	370
2023	7	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in Saudi Arabia and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Saudi Arabia	Sierra Leone
1960	-	39.1%
1961	-	38.5%
1962	-	38%
1963	-	37.4%
1964	-	36.8%
1965	-	36.2%
1966	-	35.6%
1967	-	35%
1968	-	34.5%
1969	-	33.9%
1970	-	33.4%
1971	-	32.9%
1972	16%	32.3%
1973	14.9%	31.9%
1974	14%	31.4%
1975	13.1%	30.9%
1976	12.2%	30.5%
1977	11.4%	30%
1978	10.7%	29.6%
1979	9.99%	29.2%
1980	9.34%	28.9%
1981	8.71%	28.5%
1982	8.12%	28.1%
1983	7.56%	27.8%
1984	7.04%	27.5%
1985	6.55%	27.2%
1986	6.07%	26.9%
1987	5.62%	26.6%
1988	5.19%	26.4%
1989	4.8%	26.2%
1990	4.44%	25.9%
1991	4.11%	25.7%
1992	3.81%	25.5%
1993	3.54%	25.3%
1994	3.29%	25%
1995	3.06%	24.7%
1996	2.86%	24.3%
1997	2.67%	23.9%
1998	2.5%	23.4%
1999	2.35%	22.9%
2000	2.21%	22.4%
2001	2.08%	21.8%
2002	1.96%	21.3%
2003	1.85%	20.7%
2004	1.75%	20.1%
2005	1.65%	19.4%
2006	1.56%	18.8%
2007	1.47%	18.1%
2008	1.38%	17.3%
2009	1.3%	16.6%
2010	1.22%	15.9%
2011	1.15%	15.2%
2012	1.08%	14.5%
2013	1.02%	13.9%
2014	0.96%	13.7%
2015	0.9%	13.8%
2016	0.85%	12.3%
2017	0.8%	11.8%
2018	0.76%	11.3%
2019	0.72%	10.9%
2020	0.69%	10.5%
2021	0.66%	10.1%
2022	0.64%	9.77%
2023	0.62%	9.43%